Friends and family of a British yachtsmen whose lifeless body was found
floating beside the remnants of his boat in the Caribbean on Wednesday have
said they believe his death was a tragic accident and have criticised a
decision by local police to open a murder inquiry.

John Garner had set out from the island of Bequia in St Vincent and the
Grenadines when his yacht, the Asante, was consumed by flames in what
appears to have been a giant gas explosion. He was found floating in the
water in his lifejacket beside what was left of his yacht by